
Tips for Successfully Asking Your Boss for What You Need When Heading Back to Work
We seem to be at a turning point with the covid-19 pandemic. People are getting vaccinated, restrictions are lifting, and things are opening up more and more. With this reopening, and return to a somewhat sense of normal, there are businesses with various reopening...
Check On Your Strong Friend
The toll of the coronavirus pandemic is more than just lives lost to the disease, missed time with family and friends, loss of jobs, or other losses. Many people have been affected by the psychological trauma and fallout of living in isolation and fear during a...
Women’s History Month
I recently wrote about Black Women Making History in honor of February being Black History Month. Now that we are in March, we are observing Women’s History Month. Not that long ago, a few decades really, women’s history wasn’t part of history books in school, or...
How I Failed
I know how easy it is to see other people’s lives and feel like they have it all together. Whether you are viewing people’s lives in person or online, we tend to see the best parts of other people. Take social media for example. Most people only post the happy,...
Asking for Help is a Sign of Strength, Not a Sign of Weakness
We rarely expect anyone else to have all the answers or to be able to do it all. So why do we put that level of pressure on ourselves? How come it is so hard to ask for help? I’ve written recently about how to Prevent Burnout with Strong Self Care. I think one of...
Feedback, Failure, and Growth
When was the last time you received feedback? How did you respond? We are constantly receiving feedback. Whether it is explicit through verbal or written communication, or more hidden feedback through gestures or tone of voice, people are always giving you some sort...
Black Women Making History
February is Black History Month. Did you know? It’s not like October where everything turns pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But it should be! Black History Month is a month dedicated to recognizing African Americans and their pivotal role in U.S. History. ...
Valentine’s Gifts in a Pandemic
So many of us were able to spend Valentine’s Day in a relatively normal way last year, since the world didn’t really start to shut down until March in a lot of places. We have had to pivot and recalibrate so much about our lives over the last (almost) year. This...
Self-Promotion: If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It
Have you ever seen a toddler come running into a room and proudly proclaim, “I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!”? It’s cute when it’s a little kid, it’s less cute when it’s a grown adult. But why? Sometimes our accomplishments are just as impressive as what we achieved and...